(6 Jan 2007) SHOTLIST :
Majene, West Sulawesi
1. Wide of Indonesian Air Force's helicopter in a soccer stadium
2. Various of officers around the helicopter
3. Officer putting body bags inside helicopter
4. Close up of body bags
5. Life vests on top of a box
6. Soldier on guard near, group of children watching
7. Group of children watching
8. Helicopter starting engine
9. Helicopter taking off
Makassar, South Sulawesi
10. Exterior of Makassar airport terminal
11. Wide of plane of runway with officials from the US National Transportation Safety Board team disembarking the plane
12. Officials on the tarmac
13. People waiting inside airport
14. Various of US National Transportation Safety Board member (red shirt) walking through the airport and being asked questions by media
UPSOUND (English) "No Comment."
15. Locals at the airport
16. Various of US officials carrying suitcase to their transport
17. Close of Indonesian security officer
18. Vehicle leaving airport with US officials inside
West Sulawesi
19. Close of pilot and members of the search team inside cockpit of plane
20. Various aerials from plane of the search
21. Close of a member of the search team looking out window of plane
STORYLINE:
A US National Transportation Safety Board team arrived in the Indonesian city of Makassar on Saturday to help investigate the apparent crash of a jetliner which disappeared on Monday.
The US experts made no comment upon their arrival.
Adam Air Flight KI-574 was carrying 102 passengers when it disappeared from the radar near the Sulawesi coastal town of Majene without issuing a mayday.
Three Americans were on board.
On Saturday, the Indonesian Air Force used a soccer stadium in Majene as a launch pad for one of its helicopters taking part in the search.
As authorities widened efforts to find the Boeing 737, an official from the search and rescue mission said the plane twice changed course.
The plane left Indonesia's main island of Java for Manado on Sulawesi but altered course and turned westward halfway into the two-hour trip after being warned of rough weather near Makassar, the official said.
But when it ran into winds of more than 130 kilometres (81 miles) per hour over the Makassar Strait, it changed course again, bringing the plane eastward toward land, then disappeared from the radar, the official added.
It is not clear why there have been no transmissions from the plane's emergency locator.
Nearly 3,000 soldiers, police and civilians have been trudging along steep jungle paths on Sulawesi, while sonar-equipped ships and a fleet of aircraft have scoured the sea over an area roughly the size of Ireland.
With no sign of the wreckage, rescuers extended their search south toward the resort island of Bali, believing that in the event of a sea crash strong currents may have washed debris or bodies hundreds of kilometres away, officials said.
Teams also patrolled coasts further northeast.
Authorities wrongly said on Tuesday the wreckage had been found with a dozen survivors, causing further anguish to relatives camped out at airports and hotels in Manado and Makassar.

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